It's hard to keep track of who's who (and who's dead) in al Qaeda without a scorecard. Need one? Well, here ya go.
Hat tip to StrategyPage, which sums things up like this:
Short version, al-Qaeda is on the run throughout most of the globe. Even Abu Musab Zarqawi, in charge of all al-Qaeda elements in Iraq, is on the run – as elements of his infrastructure are taken apart. Eight of Zarqawi’s top aides are dead. Twenty others have been captured. Zarqawi was unable to disrupt the elections on January 30, a serious loss for the terrorists. Al-Qaeda is still potent, as the attacks in Madrid proved, but they are clearly reacting to the multi-pronged offensive in the United States.
Shorter version: The reacting side loses to the side with the initiative.
TO: Stephen Green
RE: The Old Truthes Remain
"The BEST defense is a good offense."
Regards,
Chuck(le)
You wonder how Leftists miss the way this works. Do they ever clean their houses, or do their mommys do it for them?
I'd love to take a shot at any Al-Qaeda still in the neighborhood - but, strangely enough, they seem to have gone missing from here in Afghanistan...Wonder how that happened?